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Friday, October 14, 2011

Future Friday #8: Songs

To countdown the release of The Future of Us (November 21st!), Carolyn Mackler and I will give away one autographed Advance Reader’s Copy every week. Along with the autographed copy (signed by both of us), we’ll toss in another goodie that's book-related.

For our eighth giveaway, the bonus item is Sleepover Party Mad Libs. Our main characters, Josh and Emma, probably played Mad Libs during many of their childhood sleepovers. (And yes, the sleepovers stopped long before they became teenagers.)

We'll randomly select one person who comments on this Future Friday post to receive both prizes. There’s no need to leave your email address, but do check back on Saturday to see if you’ve won.

This week, we want to know which songs, good or bad, stand out the most to you that were released in 1996. If you were too young (or too old) to be into music then, you'll still probably know at least a few of these songs.

Here are our answers:

CAROLYN:As Cool As I Am by Dar Williams because that is such a fun and empowering song. No, it's not a song. It's an anthem!Crash Into Me by The Dave Matthews Band. I love it. Emma loves it. We all love Dave.One of Us by Joan Osborne because it's just deep. It is.

JAY:I Want You by Savage Garden: If this came on, no matter what I was doing, I had to sing the “Chicka-Cherry-Cola” line.Right Hand Man by Joan Osborne: Just rocks. Her voice is so deep down sexy!Wannabe by The Spice Girls: My little bro did this in a Mock Rock competition with his friends. He was Posh Spice. You almost couldn’t hear the song over the screaming audience.

I was too young for 1996, but Wannabe by Spice Girls sure as hell stands out. I think it's the "Oh tell me what you want, what you really really want" bit that really gets stuck in my head.Butterfly by Weezer, because it was in the Weezer edition of Tap Tap Revenge, I think. I'm pretty sure I've played this song on TTR before.

One of us by Joan Osburn still reminds me of Rick D's Saturday morning countdown. There were great songs from 1996, a few of my faves are: Spiderwebs by No Doubt, Champangne Supernova by Oasis and (my boyfriend's favorite band) 1979 or Tonight Tonight by Smashing Pumpkins. For those of you too young, you know these songs, but here is a list to jog your memory. http://www.jjheath.com/mtv1996.html

Me and my friends were really into Wannabe a little while back. Haha, those were good times!Also obviously, the Macerena, and Always Be My Baby by Mariah Carey.

Also, as a little fan note: I LOVED 13 Reasons Why so freakin' much! I read it as an ebook, and I fell in love with it. So then I got a paperback for my younger sister.Shes a reluctant reader, and I was so happy when she not only read the whole book, but actually really enjoyed it too!Thanks Jay Asher. <3

To me the song "Böser Wolf" by "Die Toten Hosen" stands out the most. It's a German song and band and my sister showed it to me when I was younger. I really enjoyed it and it even inspired me to write a story when I was younger.

"Til I Hear It From You" by the Gin Blossoms and "Wannabe" would be my picks! Now I'm going end up listening to my 90s playlist all day. ^_^ (Though I'll always want to headdesk when "That Thing You Do" comes on shuffle.)

Spice Girls - Wanna Be. Okay, given the fact that I was 6 when this was released, I had NO idea the meaning behind it. Until I got older, and I still know all the words and can't stop singing it if it comes on.

Wow, this takes me back to middle school dances! I Want You by Savage Garden, Wannabe by the Spice Girls, and the Macarena of course were standards. But I want to put in a plug for two songs I still love, 3 am by Matchbox Twenty and One Headlight by The Wallflowers, from albums I still own and listen to unashamedly. Oh, and Amish Paradise is wickedly clever.

Oh, how I love the Spice Girls! Wannabe...I can still sing the song word for word. It would be hilarious to see your brothers version with his friends! That doesn't happen to be on any incriminating video does it? And Dave. You said it best. Everybody loves Dave.

you have to make this hard, don't you? SO many good songs back then. 2 become one by the spice girls, i can still make cheyenne by george strait, and surprizingly beautiful people by marilyn mason are a few that really stuck out for me. those were ones that instantly started playing in my head when i saw the names.

Oh man, "That Thing You Do" from the movie. I moved across the country in 1996 and going to see that That Thing You Do was one of the first things I did with the girls who ended up becoming my best friends in high school (of course I didn't know it at the time).

Ohh Spice Girls! That's one band I remember. I was kind of young at the time (5 years old) so the music I used to listen to was mostly my parents music (meaning mostly Celine Dion, as my mother loved her)

Well, from 1996, BSB is a band that I still listen to once in a while (mostly the oldies, the new stuff, not so much...)

The Macarena is definitely one of the most memorable, but some of my favorites are 1979 - The Smashing Pumpkins, Wonderwall - Oasis, If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow, and all the songs that later made the A Night At The Roxbury soundtrack, like Be My Lover - La Bounche and It's a Beautiful Life - Ace of Base :)

In 1996 I loved "Wonderwall" by Oasis. I still do. "When You're Gone" by the Cranberries could be heard coming from my room over the sobs of a breakup. I discovered "I'm Just A Girl" by No Doubt. I adopted it as my girlhood anthem and they are still my favorite band.

Theme From Mission: Impossible by Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen: I love all types of music and I always loved this theme.

California Love by Tupac: Come on it's a Tupac classic everyone knows this song or at least a piece to it.

Amish Paradise by Weird Al Yankovic: I love Weird Al songs and I loved the original song as well and this was a match that was turned into one of his best songs and videos.

Bulls On Parade by Rage Against The Machine: A song that carried a heavy massage, a video that carried that message across ,a great alternative medley, and Tom Morrelo, their guitarist that would make some of the best solos by making his guitar turn into basically a DJ Kit made this song epic.

I was a sophomore in high school and there were so many cheesy songs out in 1996, but there were an equal amount of excellent songs that still hold relevance today. My favorite during this year was #41 by DMB. Actually, it is still one of my favorite songs.1996 was the first time that I ever saw Dave in concert and it was amazing!

This list made me laugh so hard! I was in middle school in '96 and was in love with many of the cheesier songs, such as: 2 Become 1 (Spice Girls), I Believe I Can Fly (R. Kelly), It's All Coming Back to Me Now (Celine Dion), and We've Got it Goin On (Backstreet Boys). How embarrassing.

Now that I look at the list though, there are quite a few good songs on there too!

There are so many that i listened to in 1996 but the one that means the most to me i didn't discover until later: As Cool As I Am by Dar Williams. When i went away to college people found out i was from Iowa and had never heard of Dar Williams and immediately made me listen to all of her music. i became a huge fan and all of her music has such happy memories now.

The Obvious ones 'Get Down' by The Backstreet Boys (I was a huge fan, but my sister was even more obsessed and had this song on repeat all the time) and 'Wannabe' by The Spice Girls.

A few others from 96' that stand out for me are 'Don't Speak' by No Doubt', 'Ironic' by Alanis Morissette and 'This is your night' by Amber. All of which are still some of my favorite songs to this day.

"One Headlight" by the Wallflowers was one of my favorite songs in 1996. "Macarena" was my little sister's favorite song - but not me! I hated it (even though I did learn how to do the dance, but that's another story)!

So one of my favorites is Macarena by Los de Rio, it was actually released in 94 but became an international hit in '96...so that kinda counts! But every time I hear it I can't help but to dance along! ;)